Best of Others' Work: Death with Dignity

 Since I didn't get as far on my summarization of Smash Comics #40 as I'd hoped, for today's post I'll simply commend to you the synopsis of Superman #318 (December 1977) at Tim DeForest's blog, Comics, old time radio and other cool stuff

As DeForest warns, it's a weird story...but then, I tend to like weird things.  Especially if they're weird in service of making some metaphysical points.  (Does that whet your appetite to know more?)  

Best of Others' Work: The Angel before the Angel

Life got busy again last week, and I wasn't able to complete any of the original posts I've been working on.  So, once again, it's time for a "Best of Others' Work" post...the series in which I share with you something I've run across on the Interwebs that I found especially interesting.

Today, it's a five year-old post from the Comics, Old Time Radio, & Other Cool Stuff blog, wherein author Tim DeForest introduced me to a Golden Age vigilante named "The Angel."  As I shared in the comments section of CTROCS, ever since I got into comics I'd thought it strange that no one had ever thought to name a character "Angel" until Stan Lee & Jack Kirby in 1963.  Turns out that instinct was right.  There was an earlier Angel...he was just forgotten.  When I realized that the original Angel was a creation of Paul Gustavson, the same chap responsible for the Midnight story we're currently mid-way through reflecting on, it just seemed like kismet.